Several hundred people, including a U.S. congressman and local city council members, braved a sultry summer rain in South Florida earlier this month to attend a ribbon-cutting for the Chai Center/Chabad of Coral Springs.
A Williamsburg teenager has been missing for nearly 24 hours and a massive is currently underway. The search is being led by volunteers of Williamsburg Shomrim with support from the NYPD, other area Shomrims’ and members of the communities.
Update: The Bochur has been found safe and sound.
A year after Hamas used cross-border tunnels to launch deadly attacks during the Gaza war, Israel is testing new techniques to detect the hidden passages as a “top priority”, sources say, but has yet to announce the system fully operational.
The hall in which the recently founded Chabad of Colorado University held its first Shabbos meal accidentally caught on fire after the event’s conclusion. B”h the building’s fire suppression system put out the blaze, and no one was harmed in the incident.
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has announced that she is supporting the nuclear pact with Iran, despite fierce and vocal opposition from thousands of her constituents.
While sports players and other celebrities often visit children in hospitals, it’s rare that the two end up putting tefillin on together. It’s rarer still that the experience becomes the start of a long-term plan to spread awareness and raise money for other sick kids.
Levi Liberow (Melbourne, Australia) and Chaya (bas Yerachmiel) Benjaminson (Crown Heights)
Hours after the apparent suicide of a Sefardi man in Israel, an area rabbi is pointing the finger of blame at the administrators of a local Chareidi school, saying that it was their refusal to accept the deceased’s daughter into their institution that drove him to take his own life.
The 20-year-old Parkland College student who was allegedly caught on camera vandalizing a menorah outside the University of Illinois Chabad Jewish Center didn’t do it out of hatred, police say.
The Rov of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, has hired a public relations firm to assist him in spreading his tznius campaign among residents of the village in central Israel.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, secretary of the Rebbe and Chairman of Merkos, along with Rabbi Yaakov Kaploun from Monsey and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun from Miami, paid a visit to California Shliach Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz – who is battling ALS – while they were in Los Angeles for a wedding.
This Monday evening, over 70 Hebrew School teachers will join a “mind shifting” teacher training at the JCM. The event promises to be inspirational and fun with gourmet dinner and interactive workshops. “Teacher’s carry the most important role in a child’s Hebrew school experience and equipping them with professional development is a must.” Said Mrs. Mussie Weiss, CKids’ Hebrew School Coordinator.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 82, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Back to School Advice for Teachers; Intrusive Mother-In-Law; Mental Health Continued and a Special Tribute to Schneur Zalman Pevzner OBM
Yaron Levy (Sydney, Australia) and Nataly Saketkhou (Great Neck, NY)
Danny Gniwisch (Montreal, Canada) and Chaya Mushka Kaltmann (Columbus, OH)
Yehoshua Merovitch (Toronto, Canada) Orlit Tito (Toronto, Canada)
As the result of a collaborative effort between members of its Jewish community and school officials, Princeton University has announced it will install an eruv across its campus and throughout other areas of town to accommodate observant Jews.
